:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Nov 20 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 324 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Nov 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1893 S13W77 099 0430 Ekc 12 14 Beta-Delta 1895 S17W55 078 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1896 N1 ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 The PO.DAAC would like to inform users that Sea Surface Temperature data from the TMI instrument have been impacted due to a malfunction on the TRMM satellite. No data are available beyond Nov 13, 2013 and any data from Nov 12-13 should not be used. See this announcement from Remote Sensing Systems:  http://www.remss.com/missions/tmi We will keep users informed of the status and once the data stream is restored. ----------------- ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 November 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * How to Interpret a Satellite Image: Five Tips and Strategies http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ColorImage/?src=eoa-features What do you do when presented with a new satellite image? Here's what the Earth Observatory team does to understand the view. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.go ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Stephanie Covey Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468stephanie.a.covey@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-344 * * NASA Advances Effort to Launch Astronauts Again from U.S. Soil to Space Station * Commercial Crew Request for Proposals Finalizes Development and Certification Process NASA took another step Tuesday to restore an American capability to launch astronauts from U.S. soil to the International Sp ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Kimberly Henry Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034kimberly.h.henry@nasa.gov Leslie Williams Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-3893leslie.a.williams@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-336 * * NASA Tests Space Launch System Autopilot Technology on F/A-18 Jet * An F/A-18 research jet simulated various flight conditions that NASA's Space Launch System may experience a ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-181 * * Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana Available for Interviews * Robert Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and veteran space shuttle astronaut, will be available for interviews from 6-8 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 20. This month marks the 15th anniversary of the first module of the International Space Station's launch into orbit on Nov. 20, 1998. Cabana serve ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov  * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-183 * * NASA Hosts News Conference Call to Discuss Record-Setting Cosmic Blast * NASA will host a news teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 21, to announce new findings about a record-setting gamma-ray burst observed in unprecedented detail by the agency's Fermi, Swift ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Nov 19 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 323 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Nov 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1893 S13W66 102 0480 Eki 12 15 Beta-Delta 1895 S16W42 078 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1896 N1 ...Continue Reading

November 18, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468george.h.diller@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-342 * * NASA Launches Mission to Study Upper Atmosphere of Mars * A NASA mission that will investigate how Mars lost its atmosphere and abundant liquid water launched into space at 1:28 p.m. EST Monday from Cap ...Continue Reading

Readers of this list-serv in the Washington, DC, area might be interested in this announcement from our Air & Space Museum colleague, Cathy Lewis. The Air and Space Museum is having a public program on Thursday that I though you or your staff might find interesting.  It is on spacesuits and will consist of an hour and a half formal program in the Moving Beyond Earth gallery, followed by an informal program in the Suited for Space exhibit in the Art Gallery.  Please feel free to distribute this announcem ...Continue Reading